Fourteen steamers with an aggregate gross tonnage of 1,086 tons were engaged in traffic on the lakes during the year. Number of passengers carried, 500,373. Y Y 9. IMPROVEMENT OF HARBOR AT EVERETT, WASHINGTON. No work was done during the year. Expenditures during the year were for inspection of dredging done under private contracts and for inspections of existing works and examinations in connection with complaints in regard to obstructions to navigation. Money statement. July 1, 1906, balance unexpended.. June 30, 1907, amount expended during fiscal year, for maintenance of improvement July 1, 1907, balance unexpended___. $8, 236. 42 491. 05 7, 745. 37 Twenty-three steam vessels, with an aggregate gross tonnage of 4,000 tons, maximum draft of 18 feet, were engaged in local traffic. IMPROVEMENT OF SWINOMISH SLOUGH, WASHINGTON. There have been no operations during the year except those of preparation during the past two months for carrying out the work outlined by the river and harbor act of March 2, 1907. Money statement. $770. 21 July 1, 1906, balance unexpended... Twenty and one-half million feet B. M. of saw logs, valued at $226,500, were towed through Swinomish Slough during the year. Eleven vessels, with an aggregate gross tonnage of 1,962 tons and a maximum draft of 6.7 feet, were engaged in traffic on Swinomish Slough. Y Y II. IMPROVEMENT OF NEW WHATCOM HARBOR, WASHINGTON. There have been no operations during the past fiscal year. Money statement. July 1, 1906, balance unexpended___ June 30, 1907, amount expended during fiscal year, for maintenance of improvement $2,495.00 168.98 2,326, 02 $25,000 35,000 60, 000 Fourteen steam vessels, with an aggregate gross tonnage of 3,885 and maximum draft of 13.7 feet, were engaged in local traffic, and made 2,392 trips during the year. Two hundred and thirty-four million feet B. M. of saw logs, valued at $2,477,869, were towed to the mills at Bellingham during the year. Y Y 12. IMPROVEMENT OF COLUMBIA RIVER, BETWEEN WENATCHEE AND BRIDGEPORT, WASHINGTON. There were no operations during the past fiscal year. Money statement. Amount appropriated by river and harbor act approved March 2, 1907 $42,000.00 July 1, 1907, balance unexpended.. 42,000. 00 APPROPRIATION. Act of March 2, 1907.... $42, 000 Five steam vessels, with an aggregate gross tonnage of 1,433 tons and maximum draft of 54 feet, were engaged in traffic on the river during the year. Number of passengers carried, 21,964. Y Y 13. IMPROVEMENT OF OKANOGAN AND PEND OREILLE RIVERS, WASHINGTON. (A) OKANOGAN. The operations of the past fiscal year are described in the following extract from the report of Mr. Č. E. Hansen, overseer in charge. The work consisted of dam construction and the removal of bowlders from the channel of the following rapids: Kahlow Rapids, or rapid No. 12. One hundred and forty-eight tons of bowlders were taken from Kahlow Rapids, resulting in straightening the lower end of the rapid. The dam closing the right channel at island below Kahlow Rapids was thoroughly repaired and strengthened; 158 tons of bowlders and 173 tons of gravel were used for repairs. A new wing dam 90 feet long, 2 feet high, and 20 feet wide was constructed below dam at the island. One hundred and fifty-one brush fascines, 24 tons bowlders, and 117 tons gravel were used in the construction. Rapid No. 13 was deepened and widened by the removal of 93 tons of bowlders. Guthrie Rapids: Seven hundred and thirty tons of bowlders were removed from this place, resulting in a general widening and straightening of the channel. Chilowhist Rapids: One hundred and twenty-four tons of bowlders were taken from the channel. A wing dam 110 feet long, 6 feet wide at base, and 2 feet high was constructed at this place, mostly from the bowlders taken out of the channel. This resulted in an increased depth of water here. A large number of bowlders and snags were removed from the stretches between the rapids; cables were laid as an aid to steamers in ascending in the riffle below the dam, the Guthrie Rapids, and the Chilowhist Rapids. Money statement. July 1, 1906, balance unexpended-- $889. 12 Amount appropriated by river and harbor act approved March 2, 1907 5,000. 00 Transferred from Pend Oreille River___ 1,994. 58 7, 883. 70 June 30, 1907, amount expended during fiscal year, for maintenance of improvement 3,826, 91 July 1, 1907, balance unexpended. July 1, 1907, outstanding liabilities. July 1, 1907, balance available___. 4,056. 79 25.00 4, 031. 79 |